SB 187: "An Act prohibiting certain food additives in public school meals; and providing for an effective date."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 187 01 "An Act prohibiting certain food additives in public school meals; and providing for an 02 effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: 05 Sec. 14.03.087. Prohibited food additives. A public school may not serve, as 06 part of a school nutrition or meal program, a food or beverage that contains any of the 07 following color additives certified by the United States Food and Drug Administration 08 under 21 U.S.C. 379e: 09 (1) red dye 3 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 16423-68-0); 10 (2) red dye 40 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 25956-17-6); 11 (3) yellow dye 5 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 1934-21-0); 12 (4) yellow dye 6 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 2783-94-0); 13 (5) blue dye 1 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 3844-45-9); 14 (6) blue dye 2 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 860-22-0); or
01 (7) green dye 3 (U.S. Chemical Abstracts Service no. 2353-45-9). 02 * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect July 1, 2025.